Karine Jean-Pierre is a powerful LGTB + advocate and the first black woman to be elected as Chief of Staff
GAYLES.TV.- After the victory of Joe Biden, many of the hopes of renewal are pinned on the vice president Kamala Harris, the first black woman elected to this position in the Casa Blanca. Harris has made history. In her speech, she already predicted that she would not be the last woman to hold that position and encouraged American girls to be ambitious and not be afraid of being different. Her chief of staff knows a lot about diversity, Karine Jean Pierre.
Born in Haiti in 1977, Karine Jean Pierre she was selected last August as chief of staff for the Democratic vice presidential candidate. Jean-Pierre has long been a strong advocate for derechos LGTB + and equality.
Black, lesbian and LGTB + activist
He grew up in Queens, New York. At the age of 16, she told her mother that she was a lesbian, a heartbreaking experience that she recounts in her memoirs «Moving forward«. He received his MPA from the School of International and Public Affairs of the Columbia University in 2003. In 2004 he joined the faculty of the Columbia University, where she is a professor of international and public affairs. She is a senior advisor and national spokesperson for MoveOn.org and political analyst of NBC News y MSNBC. He is fluent in three languages: French, English and Haitian Kreyol.
Now, at 43, Jean-Pierre lives with your partner Suzanne Malveaux, correspondent of CNN, And your daughter Sun 6 years in the area of Washington, DC. He posted a tweet on his official account dedicated to girls with the speech of Kamala Harris i the hasthtag #RepresentationMatters.
To all the little girls out there…this is for you??#RepresentationMatters
pic.twitter.com/BVXueGapZT- Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) November 8, 2020
In an interview about her tenure as an openly gay employee for the administration Obama, He said: "What has been wonderful is that I was not the only one; I was one of many President Obama did not hire staff LGBT, hired experienced staff people who happen to be LGBT «. «Being a part of President Obama's team and working for him where one can be openly gay has been a great honor. It's amazing to be part of an administration that prioritizes issues LGBT«He declared. «We need to be inclusive and multiracial«He wrote in his book. It is clear that diversity will have a priority place on your agenda and that of Harris.
Source: Diva, Wikipedia, Haitian Times
Photographer: MoveOn, NBC News
